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Javier Tapia

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Javier Tapia
Born1957 (age 66–67)
Known forArtist, Watercolors Painter
Notable workThe Gap, Back to the Ranch, Untitled, On the Road to Mount San Victoire, With the Wrong We See, The Great Intruder
Websitehttps://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Javier-Tapia/F93F3E1618CAC9B1

Javier Tapia (born 1957) is a Peruvian artist and painter.

Biography

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Javier Tapia was born in 1957 in Lima, Peru, and grew up in a period of upheaval when guerrilla warfare dominated political and social movements across the country. He moved to the United States in the 1980s, witnessing various phases of humanity: good and evil, intellectual and primitive, connected and separate. Tapia takes these studio themes as abstract shapes and broad strokes to serve as a metaphor for chaos and control, or structure and disorder. In the tradition of the Peruvian Textile, he overlaps, subtracts, and reworks the watercolors, flipping the paper out as bold colors emerge like carvings. The active ingredients emit physically; Work becomes energetic, on the verge of chaos, but organized in the constraints of paperwork.[1] He currently lives in Richmond, Virginia and works in the Virginia Commonwealth University's Faculty of Painting and Print Production, where he has been teaching since 1988.[2]

Education

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From 1984 to 1987, Tapia studied at the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts and was a recipient of a Presidential Scholarship.[3]

In 2015, Tapia worked as an associate professor in the Faculty of Fine Arts and Typography at Virginia Commonwealth University.[4]

In 2019, Tapia joined the staff of Virginia Commonwealth University. The school has also exhibited the department's art to view Javier's work.[5]

Artworks

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Drawings and Paintings
Artwork Name Size Medium year
Untitled 24 x 31 in watercolor on paper 2018
Untitled 2 52 x 82 in watercolor on paper 2012
Buscando Peyotl 200 x 300 cm Oil on two canvases 2009 - 2010
Mambo del Parque O 'Higgins 150 x 150 cm Mixed media on canvas 2008
Envy is everywhere 130 x 150 cm Mixed media on canvas 2007
Bagual 150 x 150 cm Oil on canvas 2008
Chambucha al aguaire 150 x 150 cm Oil on canvas 2007
Two Sculptures on a Cave 150 x 180 cm Oil on canvas 2007
Back in the ranch 150×180 cm Canvas 2008
Don Carlos I. Fundo 150×180 cm Oil and acrylic on canvas 2008
“EST 005” and “EST 011” 50×40 cm Acrylic on canvas 2020
Untitled 3 100 x 80 cm Oil on canvas 2012
Untitled 4 60 x 66 in Watercolor on Arches paper 2012
Untitled 5 60 x 66 in Watercolor on Arches paper 2013
Untitled 6 52 x 82 in Watercolor on Arches paper 2013
On the Road to Mount San Victoire 60 x 66 in Watercolor on Arches paper 2014
With the Wrong We See 61 x 45 in Watercolor on Arches paper 2016
The Great Intruder 40 x 66 in Watercolor on Arches paper 2016
The Gap 40 x 66 in Watercolor on Arches paper 2016
The Gift 18 x 72 in Watercolor on Strathmore paper 2019 - 2020

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Exhibitions

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Solo Shows
Exhibition Organization Location Date
Javier Tapia: High Density: Fragments, Stories and Traditions Galleri Christoffer Egelund Copenhagen, Denmark APR 17,2015 - MAY 16,2015

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Group Shows
Exhibition Organization Location Date
Isabel Bigelow and Javier Tapia Anthony Reynolds Gallery London, United Kingdom DEC 05, 2008 - JAN 17, 2009
Echo Galleri Christoffer Egelund Copenhagen, Denmark APR 19,2013 - MAY 11,2013
SUMMERTIME'13 Galleri Christoffer Egelund Copenhagen, Denmark JUN 20,2013 - AUG 10,2013
Summertime 14: The Big Annual Group Show Galleri Christoffer Egelund Copenhagen, Denmark JUN 06,2014 - AUG 16,2014
Travelling Dust 18th Street Arts Center Santa Monica, Los Angeles, CA, US NOV 07,2014 - DEC 12,2014
Good fortune, No blame Galleri Christoffer Egelund Copenhagen, Denmark NOV 11,2016 - DEC 17,2016
A Decolonial Atlas: Strategies in Contemporary Art of the Americas Vincent Price Art Museum Monterey Park, California, USA. APR 22,2017 - JUL 22,2017
A Decolonial Atlas: Strategies in Contemporary Art of the Americas Tufts University Art Gallery Medford, Massachusetts, US JAN 16,2018 - APR 15,2018

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Tapia does not have a specific collection because he also collaborates with other artists on numerous exhibitions. He has more exhibited at the Embassy Art Gallery of Peru, Washington, DC; Museo de Osma, Barranco, Peru; Bloom Galleries, Milan, Italy; Hunt Galleries at Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, Virginia; 1708 Gallery, and Anderson Gallery, both, Richmond, Virginia.[2] With him he participated in the Strategies in Contemporary Art of the Americas in Vincent Price Art Museum exhibition. along with colleagues whose works are tied to the legacy of colonialism and challenge the dominant, accepted stories.[10]

Books

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Published Books
Year Title Author Publisher Ref
2015 Ergentium Javier Tapia, Eduardo Tapia CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015 [11]

Bibliography

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Tapia, Javier, and Museo Pedro De Osma. "Javier Tapia En El Museo Pedro De Osma : Acuarelas : 6 De Julio-6 De Agosto Del 2000". Lima, Perú: Museo Pedro De Osma, 2000. Last modified August 6, 2000. https://primo.getty.edu/permalink/f/19q6gmb/GETTY_ALMA21133183980001551

Tapia, Javier. "The Schooling of Puerto Ricans: Philadelphia's Most Impoverished Community." Anthropology & Education Quarterly 29, no. 3 (1998): 297-323. Last modified September 1, 1998. https://imf-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/1thbp2d/TN_cdi_crossref_primary_10_1525_aeq_1998_29_3_297

Amano-Dolan, Christina. "VCUarts professor accused of racial profiling will not return to teaching this year". The Common Wealth Times. Last Modified August 21, 2019. https://commonwealthtimes.org/2019/08/21/vcuarts-professor-accused-of-racial-profiling-will-not-return-to-teaching-this-year/

References

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  1. ^ "Javier Tapia – U.S. Department of State". Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  2. ^ a b c "Javier Tapia". Reynolds Gallery. 2020-05-17. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  3. ^ ilnickiap (2006-04-14). "Javier Tapia". Reynolds Gallery. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  4. ^ "Javier Tapia". VCUarts. 2020-10-26. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  5. ^ a b Bledsoe, Richard (15 May 2019). "Javier Tapia". THE REMODERN REVIEW. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  6. ^ "Javier Tapia Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Javier Tapia Art Value Price Guide". invaluable.com. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  7. ^ ilnickiap (2006-04-14). "Javier Tapia". Reynolds Gallery. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  8. ^ a b "Javier Tapia | 14 Exhibitions and Events". www.mutualart.com. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  9. ^ "PHOTOS: Reynolds Gallery show features three Richmond artists". Richmond Times-Dispatch. 31 October 2016. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  10. ^ Stromberg, Matt (2017-04-19). "Artists Decolonize the History of the Americas at the Vincent Price Art Museum". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
  11. ^ Tapia, Javier; Tapia, Eduardo (2015-08-22). Ergentium (in Spanish). CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1-5170-0845-1.
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